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What is the name of the gadget that is like 2 pieces of wood put together
as a right angle and one of the pieces of wood has a pencil in it?

Was that used to draw lines for instance for the hatch moulding on the edge of the walls? Or what is that used for..so you get it marked at
the correct distance?

I call it a compass of some sort but maybe its not...

Classic Finn

You mean one of these:
http://www.bridgecitytools.com/pages_fr ... ertiary=-1

Trammel or mortise gauge!!!
Or "that thing I stick my pencil in that duplicates my original line but 3/8" smaller than what was originally there" - that'll work.

Classic Finn wrote:What is the name of the gadget that is like 2 pieces of wood put together
as a right angle and one of the pieces of wood has a pencil in it?

Was that used to draw lines for instance for the hatch moulding on the edge of the walls? Or what is that used for..so you get it marked at
the correct distance?

I call it a compass of some sort but maybe its not...

www.rockler " rosewood marking gauge " I tried to import the image but no luck. I'll get better

I'd call it a scribe. Rockler.com calls this a trammel


And there's this;

I thought "scribe" from your description however I used one of these

I have several of different lengths and they can be set by sliding the tri along the ruler to any depth you want.

Set it at 3/8 inches, Hold your pencil and your mouth just right and you'll get a 3/8 in scribe. Pull the tri-square and pencil along at the same speed and there you have it.

I've seen my Daddy do the same thing with a piece of scrap wood. Position your thumb at the proper distance on the scrap (3/8") Place the pencil at the edge of the scrap then run your thumb along the edge of the material to be scribed and whoop de do a 3/8 " (well reasonably close) scribe.

Sierrajack wrote:Trammel or mortise gauge!!!
Or "that thing I stick my pencil in that duplicates my original line but 3/8" smaller than what was originally there" - that'll work.

SierraJack I got a chuckle out of your reply because Of the fact I looked at your avitar...

Its an old fashion if not an antique tool from way back... maybe its what you say but Im not sure.. I saw it on the forum here... ..

you may be right.. cant say for sure..

Classic Finn

Ken A Hood wrote:I'd call it a scribe. Rockler.com calls this a trammel


And there's this;

Hello Ken ... I think its the 2nd one that I saw but ok not as fancy as you show... Homemade one.. Ok as you know I work at sea so I dont know much about the woodworking tools.. but that seems to be it...

What exactly is done with that...the reason being is I thought that tool can be used to get the exact cut on the hatch area... where the hinge starts and goes down so a cut is done that is about 3/8,s and when applied with 1/2 " inch moulding there it seals up the hatch... Is that what it can be used for to get the exact cut ?from top to bottom?

Its crazy... I get stuck with this engleis terminology in tools if more than a hammer or saw...

Classic Finn

Heikki,

The second tool will allow you to mark a line along the edge of a board at a set distance. Lets say that you want to cut off 25.4mm of an edge. You extend the stick part of the tool to the distance you want the line drawn at(25.4mm). Put the block along the edge of the bard and move the tool along the edge with the block kept against that edge.

Hope that it is clear as mud now

Hey Finn,
That's okay, I don't know what a Fid is used for either. I'm not old - just antiqued!!

Geron wrote:I thought "scribe" from your description however I used one of these

I have several of different lengths and they can be set by sliding the tri along the ruler to any depth you want.

Set it at 3/8 inches, Hold your pencil and your mouth just right and you'll get a 3/8 in scribe. Pull the tri-square and pencil along at the same speed and there you have it.

I've seen my Daddy do the same thing with a piece of scrap wood. Position your thumb at the proper distance on the scrap (3/8") Place the pencil at the edge of the scrap then run your thumb along the edge of the material to be scribed and whoop de do a 3/8 " (well reasonably close) scribe.

Geron is that tool you have anyway related to the one in wood there in the pic? Does it do the same thing?

Classic Finn

Sierrajack wrote:Hey Finn,
That's okay, I don't know what a Fid is used for either. I'm not old - just antiqued!!

Im getting there myself too.

Classic Finn

rbeemer wrote:You mean one of these:
http://www.bridgecitytools.com/pages_fr ... ertiary=-1

No I dont know what tool that is.. and what its used for...

Heikki

rbeemer wrote:Heikki,

The second tool will allow you to mark a line along the edge of a board at a set distance. Lets say that you want to cut off 25.4mm of an edge. You extend the stick part of the tool to the distance you want the line drawn at(25.4mm). Put the block along the edge of the bard and move the tool along the edge with the block kept against that edge.

Hope that it is clear as mud now

Ok I got it now ... all the way down to da mud...Garsh its nice to learn new things at this age ...

Heikki

Sierrajack wrote:Trammel or mortise gauge!!!
Or "that thing I stick my pencil in that duplicates my original line but 3/8" smaller than what was originally there" - that'll work.

The thing I stick my pencil in... Yup it sure can duplicate....



Best regards
Classic Finn